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A. RIPPIEN.

APPLE PARER.

No. 269,117., Patented Dec. 12,1882.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH RI-PPIEN, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'IO WILLIAM M. GRISUOM, MATTHAN SAME PLACE.

HARBSTER, AND WILLIAM HARBSTER, ALL OF APPLE-PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent 110,269,117, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed November 28, 1881. (ModeL) all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH RiPPiEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Readin g, Berks county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Apple-Parers, of

which the following is a specifieation.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the class of appl'e-parers in which the fork-shaft has a longitudinal movement and to is combined with a paring-knife so hung as to follow the contourof the apple, and with blades which effect the coring and slicing of the apple as thelatter is rotated and fed forward, the objects of my invention being, first, to per- 1 5' mit the ready removal ofthe apple from the coring-tube; second, to provide for the thorough paring of the apple third, to throw the paring and slicing devices,or either of them, out of operation when their use is not required.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side view of my improved appleparing machine; Figs. 2 and 3, Sheet 2, sections on-the line 1 2 of Fig. 1, with the parts in different positions Figs. 4 and 5, views of part of the machineon the opposite side from that shownin Fig. 1; and Figs. 6 and 7, Sheet 1, views of the paring-knife.

A is the main frame of the machine, which has at one end and on the under side a screw-' 0 clamp, A, whereby it is secured to the edge of a table, shelf, or other suitable support, the opposite end of the frame having on the upper side a standard, A on which are formed bearings a for the shaft B, the latter having at one 5 end the usual fork, B, for holding the apple and at the opposite end an operating-crank, B, said shaft being free to turn and to slide longitudinally in its bearings a.

Lugs on oneside of theframe A carry a shaft, 40 b, to which is journaled a frame, D, and to the latter is. swiveled the knife-arm E, the knife 61 being secured to the upper end of the latter and projecting through a slottherein, so as to bear against an apple placed upon the fork B, 4 5 the knife being caused to press constantly against the surface of the apple by the action upon the frame D of a coiled spring, 0, and being free to follow the contour of the apple as thelatteris moved forward by thefork-shaft,

the swiveled arm turning so as to present the knife at the proper angle, and the frame D being vibrated laterally as the diameter of the apple varies.

A paring device substantially similar to the above has long been known and used, and this device in itself forms no part of my invention; but in my machine I have combined with the D and causes the latter to turn on the shaft b, r

so as to carry the knife d outward and away from the surface of an apple placed on the fork B, whereby the machine can be thrown out of gear when it is desired to core or core'and slice the apple without paring the same. The coring and slicing devices comprise the tube G and vertical knife H, the tube G having at the front end a flange, i, forming a screwthread or section of a screw-thread, so that when an apple carried by the fork B is pressed 7 against the front end of the tube and the shaft B is rotated the flange 2' will take a hold upon the apple, and will, owing to its screw-like character, cause said apple and the fork-shalt to be drawn forward as they are rotated, the core being contained within the tube. At the same time the apple is cut into a spiral slice by the action of the knife H, and after the operation is completed the fork-shaft is withdrawn, the flange tretaining the core within the tube and permitting the free withdrawal of the fork B therefrom.

This device for feeding the apple forward and retaining the core forms no part of my presentinvention,asitisdescribedandclaimed 0 in a separate application filed by me on the 29th day of August, A. D. 1881.

In order to facilitate the removal of the apple from the tube G after coring the same, I secure the end of said tube to the upper end 5 of an arm, J, which is pivoted to a lug on the end of the frame A, coiled springs contained in barrels J on the frame tending to maintain the tube in the horizontal position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, but permitting the elevation of the tube, as shown in Fig. 5, when it is desired to remove the apple therefrom.

In order to prevent the accidental elevation of the tube when the apple is first pressed against the end of the same and is notyetunder the influence of the flange i, I provide the arm J with a pivoted catchnn, which, when the tube G is depressed, as shown in Fig. 4, engages A with a lug, n, on the frame, the catch being readily elevated by means of the finger, so as to free it from the control of said lug when it is desired to elevate the tube.. A stop, a, prevents undue movement of the arm J in either direction. The lower part of the tube Gis cut away at t, so as to form an opening, through which the cores can drop into a suitable receptacle.

The slicing-knife H is not secured rigidly to the'frame A, as usual, but is clamped at the lower end between aprojection, w,on the frame A and a plate, 10, the latter being acted upon by a screw, 25, which passes through an opening in the knife and is adapted to a threaded opening'in the plate to. By this means the knife can beheld in the vertical position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 when in use, or can, upon loosening the plate to, be turned down to the position shown in Fig. 3, so as to be out of the way when the slicing of the apple is not required.

It will be seen that with the above machine the apple can be pared, cored, and sliced, can he pared and cored without slicing, can be cored and sliced without being pared, or can be cored without being either pared or sliced.

The paring-knife which I use has a cuttingedge, comprising two portions, 00 90, arranged at an angle in respect to each other, as shown in Figs. (5 and 7, the portion or acting on the first half of the apple and the'portion 00 upon the last half, so that a flat and narrow cuttinghlade is always presentedand a narrow paring is insured, the removal of portions of themeat of the apple with the paring, as in the case of a broad knife, being prevented.

In order to effect the removal of the paring from that portion of the apple close to the stem, 1 secure to the frame A a fixed knife, M, the upper end of which is preferablycurved, as shown in Fig. 1, the apple when first applied to the fork having a complete turn imparted to the same while it is in contact with the knife. This fixed knife, however, forms no part of my presentinvention, as it is described and claimed in GriscomsPatent, No. 168,985, dated October 19, 1875.

It will be observed, on reference to Fig. 1, that the clamp A of the frame A is'beneath the coring-tube G, so that when the machine is applied to a table or other support the paring devices are outside of or beyond the edge of the same, and the parings fall clear of the table and upon the floor or into a receptacle properly placed, the mixing of the sliced apple, parings, and cores being prevented.

Lclaim as my invention- 1. The combination of the frame A, forkshaft, the coring-tube, and the paring devices with the cam-lever F, whereby the latter are thrown out of gear, as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame and forkshaft with the coring-tube G, and its arm J, journaled to the frame and acted upon by a spring, as set forth.

3. The combination of the frame and forkshaft with the coring-tube G, its arm J, journaled to the frame, and the pivoted retainingoatch m, as set forth.

4:- The combination of the knife H, the frame A, having a projection, 20, the thumbscrew t, and the clamp-plate 1.0, between which and the projection to the knife H is confined, as set forth.

5. The within-described paring-knife, having a cutting-edge, comprising two narrow flat portions, 00 an, arranged at an angle in respect to each other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH RIPPIEN.

Vitnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

